Armey scolded for sexist crack on "Hardball"

By GLENN THRUSH

01/29/2009 07:30 AM EST

Carol Lee passes this along:

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey stepped over the sexism line during an appearance on Hardball last night, where he told Salon editor in chief Joan Walsh he’s "so damn glad” she isn't’t his wife.

“I am so damn glad that you could never be my wife, ‘cause I surely wouldn't have to listen to that prattle from you every day,” Armey said.

"Well, that makes two of us," Walsh shot back.

Armey, who once called Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) as "Barney Fag," was getting worked up about the relevance of Rush Limbaugh in the GOP.